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Lawyer of 37 Great James Street, Bedford Row, Middlesex, wrote to the Compensation Commissioners on behalf of the mortgagees and counterclaimants for Elmes estate in Antigua.
Listed at 27 [note 27 not 37] Great James Street, Bedford Row, an attorney of the Court of Kings Bench, Westminster, and solicitor in the Court of Chancery in 1826 when Charles Cowdery was articled as his clerk.
T71/887 Antigua claim no. 275 (Elmes). T71/1606: letter, dated 26/10/1837, from James Sowton, 37 Great James Street, Bedford Row, demanding a rehearing on behalf of the mortgagees and counterclaimants.
Ancestry.com, UK, Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874 [database online].
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British/Irish
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Occupation
Lawyer
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£22 4s 2d
Other association
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Great James Street, Bedford Row, London, Middlesex, London, England
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Sowton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631304 [accessed 26th December 2024].
